Watch: Runaway pig on interstate saved by highway patrol

Patrol officers save runaway pig from motorwaySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety

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00:00Trooper Bullard, he got the call about the animal on the roadway.

00:13He gets there.

00:14So when I arrived on scene, I see a small brown pig sitting on the side of 26 on the median barrier.

00:20And 26 has really heavy traffic, no matter of time of day.

00:24And he says the pig really won't move.

00:26Every time he tried to get out, the pig would just run up the median barrier.

00:31Pig kind of doubled back, and that's when Trooper Bullard was able to grab the pig.

00:36I've grown up on a farm my whole life.

00:38That was the easiest, safest way to grab that pig and just what I'm used to doing at this point.

00:44The pig's fine.

00:45The Richland County deputy had a family member that took custody of the pig, and that is where the pig is now.

00:53It's really funny.

00:54My family has a laugh at it.

00:56I have a laugh.

00:57I think it's funny.

00:58It's one of the funniest calls that I've ever been on.

01:00It's just funny.

01:01It was better than that thing going out there and getting hit by a car.

01:04Well, let's go.